05-22-2007, 10:58 AM
It is enough to pour water on one's body during ghusl (complete bath after menstruation, postpartum bleeding, or intercourse), as per the generality of the verses and hadeeth on this topic. Fatawa Bin Baz 10 / 187. So if one stands under the shower until water wets one's entire body, one's ghusl is valid. As for rubbing the body while washing, this obviously results in more thorough cleanliness, but is not required.